List of resignations from government
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18th century
1776 – George Clinton, Continental Congressman (July 8), resigned to fight in the American Revolutionary War.
1780 – Elbridge Gerry, Continental Congressman (February 19)
1793 – Thomas Jefferson, United States Secretary of State (December 31), after becoming disillusioned with the Washington administration.
1795 – John Jay, Chief Justice of the United States (June 29), to take office as Governor of New York.
1800 – Oliver Ellsworth, Chief Justice of the United States (September 30), after personal unpopularity and illness while negotiating the Convention of 1800
19th century
1817 – Daniel D. Tompkins, Governor of New York (February 24), to become Vice President of the United States after the 1816 presidential election.
1829 – Martin Van Buren, Governor of New York (March 12), to become U.S. Secretary of State under President Andrew Jackson.
1832 – Robert Y. Hayne, United States Senator (December 13), resigned to become Governor of South Carolina.
1832 – John C. Calhoun, Vice President of the United States (December 28), to replace Robert Hayne in the U.S. Senate during the Nullification crisis.
1848 – Francis R. Shunk, Governor of Pennsylvania (July 9), after contracting tuberculosis.
1849 – Millard Fillmore, New York State Comptroller (February 20), to become Vice President of the United States.
1851 – Peter Hardeman Burnett, Governor of California (January 9)
1852 – William R. King, United States Senator of Alabama (December 20), to take office as Vice President of the United States.
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